Inkstand.



No. 740,508. PATEN-TED 001. 6,1903.

R. H. YOUNG.

INKSTAND.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 6, r9035" PATENT. OFFICE. A

INKSTAN D.

.SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,508, dated October 6, 1963.

' Application filed August 7, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that 1, ROBERT H. YOUNG, 0

. Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, and State sists of a case adapted to receive and to sup 7 .port the auxiliary parts, an ink-well seated therein, a cover adapted to close the saidinkwell, and an operative mechanism for removing the said cover from and returning it to the said ink-well, the Whole constituting a simple and efficient inkstand and pen-holder. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an inkstand open; Fig. 2, the same closed; Fig. 3, a top View thereof; Fig. 4, a vertical section of Fig. 3 taken on the line 4; t, and Fig. 5 another vertical section of Fig. 3 taken on the line 55.

Similarlettersrefer tosimilar parts through out the several views. Ais the case; B, the ink-well; C, the inkwell cover, and D the operating mechanism. The case A consists of a rectangular box closed upon its top, bottom, and sides, preferably about four times as long and three times as wide as it is deep, although its dimensions are not an essential feature of construction. ity is fashioned with an opening a, in its deck, adapted to receive the ink-well B,which opening may be of any size or shape to accommodate the ink-well to be used. It is also fashioned near its front end witha trough or groove 6, adapted to serve as a receptacle for the penholder when the same is not in use.

The ink-well B may be fashioned of any suitable material, as glass, metal, celluloid, and the like, and in any required form, a rectangular form being preferable, to the end that it harmonize with the case A. It should have a smooth even surface surrounding the well, (the receptacle for the ink,) as the cover Serial No. 118.808- (No model.)

C is designed to rest upon rather than to be received within the opening in closing it.

The cover 0 consists of a plates, preferably circular in its general form, its upper surface being provided with the loop (1, by means of which it is suspended from an arm of the operating mechanism hereinafter described, and with the weights 6, the purpose of which will hereinafter be set forth.- The operating mechanism D consists of a rockshaft f, the rock-shaft levers g, and the tilting arm h, the whole constituting a gravity controlled automatic device for opening and closing the ink-well.

The rock-shaftfconsists of an incased horizontal harof metal,theendsofwhicharepivotally affixed in the interior walls of the parallel side pieces of the case A near its rear end, and is held normally in place by gravitation. The partially-incased rock-shaft levers g are rigidly aflixed in the front side of the rockshaft f near its ends, extend horizontally therefrom in a forward direction,pass through slits v; in the depressed portion of the case A, (the portion forming the trough or groove 5,) and lie across the receptacle for the penholder. The tilting arm h is rigidly affixed in the upper side of the rock-shaft f, extends vertically therefrom through a slit j in the deck of the case A, thence is forwardly and downwardly bent to a gooseneck, terminating in a downwardly-turned hook l, adapt- 7 ed to engagement with the loop d of the cover 0. i .i

, The operation of my device is as follows: My ink-well B is normally open, the cover 0 hanging above and to the rearward of the opening therein. Then as the penholder is laid upon the outer ends of the rock-shaft levers g (within the receptacle 5) its weight will depress the said levers, thereby deflecting the rock-shaft f, whereby the upper end of the tilting arm it will be thrown forward, when the free swinging coversuspended therefrom will overlap the opening of and cover the ink-Well B. Then, again, when the penholder is removed from the receptacle b and off the rock-shaft levers g the rock-Shaftf (being actuated bygravitation) willswingback to its normal position,the rock-shaft levers 9 will be raised to a horizontal position, the tilting arm h will be thrown rearward, and the cover suspended thereon will be drawn rearward and off the opening of the ink-well B, when the weigh ts e of the cover 0 will operate to overbalance the plate, thereby tilting it to an inclined position, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an in kstand, the combination of acase having a top, bottom, side and end pieces,

. said top piece having an opening therein adapted to receive an in k-well; an ink-well extending downward through the opening in the said top piece, and seated upon the said bottom piece; a rock-shaft pivoted oh? its center to the said side pieces and lying in the rear of the said ink-well; rocking levers affixed to, and extending laterally from the front of the said rock shaft, and outward through the said case; a tilting lever affixed to, and extending upward from the top of the said rockshaft, in the rear of the said ink-well, and terminating in a forwardly-inclined portion overhanging the said ink-well; a cover suspended upon, or pivotally affixed to the overhanging portion of the said tilting lever; and a Weight or counterbalance affixed to the said cover in the rear of its suspending attachment, all substantially as shown and for the purposes specified.

2. In an inkstaud, the combination of a case having a top, bottom, side and end pieces; an ink well extending downward through an upon the said bottom piece; a rock-shaft lying within the said case and in the rear of the said ink-well; a tilting-lever affixed to the said rock-shaft in the rear of the said ink- Well, the. upper end of which is forwardly bent to overhang the said ink-well; a cover hanging upon the overhanging portion of the said tilting lever, and a weight or counterbalance affixed to the said cover in the rear of the said point of suspension and means for rocking the said rock-shaft, tilting the said tilting lever, whereby the said cover is removed from, and restored to the said ink- Well, substantially as shown and described.

3. In an inkstand, the combinationof a hollow base having a bottom piece, an ink-well seated upon, and supported by the said bottom piece, and operating mechanism for opening 'and closing the said ink-well, said mechanism embodying a rock-shaft pivotally aflixed in the said hollow base, rocking levers affixed thereto and extending laterally therefrom through suitable openings in the said base, a tilting lever affixed to, and extending vertically from the said rock-shaft through the top of the said base, and an unbalanced cover suspended upon the said tilting lever, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

ROBERT H. YOUNG. Witnesses:

F. G. OBRIEN, F. G. SKINNER. 

